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Pro-life Democrats let down movement, leaders say
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2009/11/23/pro-life_democrats_let_down_movement,_leaders_say
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With all Democrats in support, the Senate voted 60-39 to invoke cloture and bring Majority Leader Harry Reid's legislation to the floor … "Their first opportunity to defend life was on the motion to proceed," she said in a written statement. … The Senate language on abortion is similar to that in the House bill before pro-life Democrats joined Republicans to amend it to prohibit…
We Have Been Betrayed
https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2009/11/23/we_have_been_betrayed
https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2009/11/23/we_have_been_betrayed
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We are being betrayed by those we elected to represent us. … end debate on a bill, it only takes 51 votes to pass the damn thing. … Frustrated by their representatives’ refusal to heed them, Americans turned out by the thousands at townhalls across the country to…
ObamaCare Support Plunges to New Low
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2009/11/23/obamacare_support_plunges_to_new_low
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2009/11/23/obamacare_support_plunges_to_new_low
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Just days after the Senate voted to open the debate on Obama's health care overhaul plan, public support for the president's plan has … taken a dive to its lowest level. … Half the survey was conducted before the Senate voted late Saturday to begin debate on its version of the legislation.…
Re: As the Senate Votes Tonight
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2009/11/22/re_as_the_senate_votes_tonight
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2009/11/22/re_as_the_senate_votes_tonight
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debate, not to end it. … , i.e., raise an objection to ending debate and moving to a final vote. … Tonight, some senators who presumably oppose the bill in its final form nonetheless voted to begin debate. …
A Joke Too Far
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidstokes/2009/11/22/a_joke_too_far
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidstokes/2009/11/22/a_joke_too_far
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But the real result is to use scripture in a twisted way and to find somehow funny the idea that our president should, well, come to … One just has to look back at what happened 46 years ago this weekend to see that. … As he made his way down to the facility’s Crystal Ballroom to speak to a Chamber of Commerce breakfast gathering of about 2,000 people…
Obama in Wonderland
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2009/11/22/obama_in_wonderland
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2009/11/22/obama_in_wonderland
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Obama tells the world that we are going to give a fair trial to the man who admitted—prior to being given his proper Miranda warning—that … We say we are going to give a fair trial to this man. He is going to be found guilty, the President tells us. And, Mr. … New Yorkers voted overwhelmingly for Obama.…
60 Vote Threshold Met; Things Not Looking Good For Republicans
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/townhallcomstaff/2009/11/21/60_vote_threshold_met;_things_not_looking_good_for_republicans
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needs to be done.In other words, Landrieu voted for cloture on the bill because of the bill's potential. … Insurers are now going to be more rigorously regulated than ever before. … Either way, businesses have to pay.…
"The Death of Conservatism": A Premature Burial
https://townhall.com/columnists/richtucker/2009/11/20/the_death_of_conservatism_a_premature_burial
https://townhall.com/columnists/richtucker/2009/11/20/the_death_of_conservatism_a_premature_burial
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Tanenhaus urges conservatives to bow to “the politics of consensus.” … it’s almost impossible to repeal it. … tax Americans without listening to them.…
Reverse the Vote, Save Our Country
https://townhall.com/columnists/guyharrison/2009/11/20/reverse_the_vote,_save_our_country
https://townhall.com/columnists/guyharrison/2009/11/20/reverse_the_vote,_save_our_country
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This site is a tool that allows concerned Americans to directly support the challengers of 24 vulnerable Democrats who voted to take … They voted to put an inefficient entity, the federal government, in charge of your healthcare. … opportunity to do so.…
Huey Long, ACORN & Obama: Share The Wealth
https://townhall.com/columnists/heathersheidelbaugh/2009/11/19/huey_long,_acorn__obama_share_the_wealth
https://townhall.com/columnists/heathersheidelbaugh/2009/11/19/huey_long,_acorn__obama_share_the_wealth
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As the Senate prepares to vote on a government-takeover of the health care industry, I am reminded of an event that took place just … Long believed that the Depression was caused because the economic system allowed individuals to have significant wealth. … What's the use of being right only to be defeated?"…
Senate health care bill unacceptable, pro-lifers say
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2009/11/19/senate_health_care_bill_unacceptable,_pro-lifers_say
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2009/11/19/senate_health_care_bill_unacceptable,_pro-lifers_say
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to the abortion-funding provision within hours. … It appears Reid will call for a "cloture" vote Saturday to bring the legislation to the Senate floor. … -Colo., said she has convinced enough Democrats who voted for Stupak-Pitts the first time to oppose a bill that comes from the conference…
Consecutive Term? I Think Not!
https://townhall.com/columnists/rogerschlesinger/2009/11/19/consecutive_term_i_think_not!
https://townhall.com/columnists/rogerschlesinger/2009/11/19/consecutive_term_i_think_not!
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Given the current size of our country and the cost of airtime, any incumbent who hopes to be reelected has no choice other than to … before being eligible to serve in any office. … If she intended to run again, she would be well advised to gain some valuable experience in industry or academia perhaps, so as to…
34 Hours Straight
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/townhallcomstaff/2009/11/19/34_hours_straight
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/townhallcomstaff/2009/11/19/34_hours_straight
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Tom Coburn is trying to force Senate clerks to read the 2,074-page Senate health care bill before it's voted on. … How about, pity the poor citizens who are subject to such a monstrosity!…
Obamacare Can Be Stopped: ReverseTheVote.org
https://townhall.com/columnists/hughhewitt/2009/11/19/obamacare_can_be_stopped_reversethevoteorg
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Would a member of the House of Representatives vote to pass Obamacare if he or she knew it was going to lead to an electoral loss … survive November 2010 than go down in a rush to single payer, then it will be possible to defeat the bill on its return engagement … to Arizona. …
Fighting a Coercion Clause
https://townhall.com/columnists/georgewill/2009/11/19/fighting_a_coercion_clause
https://townhall.com/columnists/georgewill/2009/11/19/fighting_a_coercion_clause
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In 2008, Arizonans voted on Novack's proposed amendment to the state's Constitution:
"No law shall be passed that restricts … require an individual to purchase a good or service." … "on an individual who chooses not to undertake a commercial transaction."…
BGCT reduces budget, sees 1,917 decisions
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2009/11/18/bgct_reduces_budget,_sees_1,917_decisions
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2009/11/18/bgct_reduces_budget,_sees_1,917_decisions
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The much-discussed issue of whether to seat messengers from Fort Worth's Broadway Baptist Church failed to materialize, as the congregation … decided not to send messengers to the meeting. … Messengers voted unanimously to adopt a $44 million overall budget for 2010, a decrease of 9.8 percent over the 2009 spending plan,…
After Carrie
https://townhall.com/columnists/maggiegallagher/2009/11/18/after_carrie
https://townhall.com/columnists/maggiegallagher/2009/11/18/after_carrie
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Afterward, a judge proclaimed her answer so offensive he voted against her and wanted to rip off her tiara. … to see. … to promote it.…
Tenn. Baptists honor James Porch
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2009/11/17/tenn_baptists_honor_james_porch
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2009/11/17/tenn_baptists_honor_james_porch
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Tennessee Baptists will continue to forward 40 percent of Cooperative Program receipts to national and international missions and ministries … In addition, two of the nominees failed to affirm the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message question that is posed to all nominees by the … In the other primary business item, messengers voted down a motion to allow the question posed by the committee on committees and committee…
Boobs in Congress
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2009/12/06/boobs_in_congress
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2009/12/06/boobs_in_congress
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The proposal, coming amid the health care debate, was taken as a gruesome attempt to sacrifice lives to save pennies. … The Senate voted to force health insurance companies to offer free mammograms -- no deductibles, no co-payments. … They are in the bill to create the impression that someone, someday, will be willing to control costs.
Fat chance.…
Blue Highway Democrats
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2009/12/06/blue_highway_democrats
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2009/12/06/blue_highway_democrats
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The problem for FDR’s party is that it hasn’t adapted swiftly enough to two realities – that jobs are the most important issue to the … It seemed that Democrats may be starting to understand, when President Barack Obama kicked-off what is supposed to be a series of “ … That’s because “bigger” tends to come at the price of homogeneity, so it’s harder to find a common thread among the Dems than among…
De-Fund Eric Holder's Manhattan Transfer
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2009/12/05/de-fund_eric_holders_manhattan_transfer
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2009/12/05/de-fund_eric_holders_manhattan_transfer
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Next to martyrdom and a free trip to paradise, this has to be the terrorists’ wildest dream. … We need to move quickly to deny Mr. … How many Members of Congress would relish the prospect of having to explain on the campaign trail next year why they voted to spend…
Baptist state conventions remain pro-family, evangelistic
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2009/12/04/baptist_state_conventions_remain_pro-family,_evangelistic
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2009/12/04/baptist_state_conventions_remain_pro-family,_evangelistic
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fulfill the Great Commission, while Ohio messengers voted to create a committee to address anticipated recommendations of the SBC-level … South Carolina Baptists urged churches "to repent of the failure among us to live up to our professed commitment to regenerate church … Tennessee Baptists voted down a motion to change the requirement that board nominees affirm the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message in order…
'Gay marriage,' legal in N.J. by Christmas?
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2009/12/04/gay_marriage,_legal_in_nj_by_christmas
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2009/12/04/gay_marriage,_legal_in_nj_by_christmas
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The Assembly is expected to pass the law, and Democratic Gov. … Bill Baroni) is expected to support it. Democrats hold a 23-17 edge in the Senate. … Ronald Rice, says he'll vote against the bill if it makes it to the floor.…
Amends. could mandate abortion coverage
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2009/12/04/amends_could_mandate_abortion_coverage
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-Md., that would empower a federal agency to include abortion as "preventive care." … abortions, according to pro-life organizations. … If abortion-funding language is not removed from the Senate bill, he will vote to stop the legislation, Nelson said, according to The…
Filibustering to Preserve the Constitution
https://townhall.com/columnists/hansavonspakovsky/2009/12/04/filibustering_to_preserve_the_constitution
https://townhall.com/columnists/hansavonspakovsky/2009/12/04/filibustering_to_preserve_the_constitution
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Thus, it was extremely disappointing when ten Republican senators voted with the Democrats to invoke cloture and deny Senator Jeff … Many of the ten Republicans who voted to disapprove a filibuster of Hamilton did so because they do not believe the Constitution allows … He was so extreme that even the liberal voters of Wisconsin voted against him twice when he tried to get elected to the court.…